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Former England winger Christian Wade announced his retirement from rugby union at the age of 27 on this day in 2018 as he looked to launch an American NFL football career NFL
Wade, the fourth highest tryscorer in English club rugby on 82, was granted early release from his Wasps contract after nine years at the club to join NFL team the Buffalo Bills NFL
In doing so he halved his salary from the £250,000 a year he was earning in the Gallagher Premiership NFL
The move never took off on the field either as he failed to make the Bills’ roster NFL
Slough-born Wade, who won his only England cap in 2013 against Argentina, described the decision to leave rugby as the hardest in his life NFL
He said: “After playing nine years of professional sport for Wasps, I’ve decided to leave for personal reasons NFL
“I would like to thank Wasps chairman Derek Richardson and Dai (Young, director of rugby) for their support, consideration and understanding in what is the most difficult decision of my life NFL
“Rugby has privileged and honoured me with so many wonderful memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life NFL
”Wasps were third in the Gallagher Premiership and bottom of their Heineken Champions Cup group when Wade, who as well as winning one England cap also represented the 2013 British and Irish Lions on their tour of Australia, announced he was leaving NFL
“It’s very disappointing to lose a player of Wadey’s quality at this stage of the season,” Young said NFL
“The club held numerous discussions with him to try and convince him to keep pushing forward with Wasps but in the end it was clear this is the path he wished to go down NFL
The club nevertheless wants to wish him all the best with his future career path NFL
”Using the NFL’s international player pathway program to facilitate the switch, Wade made waves by scoring a 65-yard touchdown as a running back in pre-season, but a regular season game eluded him NFL
The experiment lasted three years and in September 2022 he returned to rugby after agreeing a deal to join French side Racing 92 NFL
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel NFL
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink NFL
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp NFL
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game NFL
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions NFL
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster NFL
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly NFL
“I think we shocked them NFL
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game NFL
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful NFL
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago NFL
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme NFL
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies NFL
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly NFL
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on NFL
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return NFL
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch NFL
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick NFL
“But the players should be incredibly proud NFL
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions NFL
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 NFL
We’ve had four months NFL
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them NFL
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made NFL
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid NFL
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans NFL
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament NFL
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked NFL
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward NFL
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick NFL
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game NFL
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change NFL
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent NFL
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change NFL
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union NFL
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players NFL
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby NFL Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation NFL
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards NFL
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos NFL
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear NFL
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace NFL
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win NFL
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said NFL
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past NFL
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it NFL
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team NFL
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be NFL
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger NFL
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